Alternative to co2

[Potluck]

Sugars and starches in some wood when submerged create a temporary harmless fungus .

Well I went to take a picture and is gone now, but it happened before and was right around the time half of my fish died from a fungus people said was columanaris which it wasn't.

 

[flchamp89]

A picture would help. But highly probable that what it was. Some fish and snails eat it. Your pleco would.

 

[Potluck]

Here's what it looked like a year and a half ago

Didn't look the same this time looked more stringy, maybe the dust particles from the coagulant I put in the tank to bind the dust particles together

 

[flchamp89]

Thats it. All is fine

 

[Potluck]

I just get super worried lol, I take such good care without over cleaning because yes a tank can be over cleaned, I saw that a few days ago and was like oh heck no, not again.

 

[Potluck]

And now I have green algae, i give up lol

 

[flchamp89]

Its a roller coaster ride.

 

[flchamp89]

And now I have green algae, i give up lol

Gsa, green dust...what?

 

[Potluck]

Well could only see brown on leaves and rock now I see green algae on my drift wood GRRRR, I think it's because the new substrate holds nutrients better so everything's growing Idk.

 

[flchamp89]

Filamentous I watch. Some ill let go. If its only on the wood and it upsets you. Hit it with h2o2.

 

[Potluck]

Yeah I was going to do spot treat for the brown algae as well with peroxide

 

[Potluck]

My BN should take care of it but he's lazy lol

 

[flchamp89]

Take toothbrush to diatoms. Simple

 

[Potluck]

He mocks my clowns, lays upside down, plays dead I'm like what are you doing get to work dang it lol

 

[Potluck]

Take toothbrush to diatoms. Simple

Cant on my amazons the leaves are to fragile I will bruise them, I was told to use gauze

 

[flchamp89]

Cant on my amazons the leaves are to fragile I will bruise them, I was told to use gauze

Ok. Whatever works for you.

 

[Potluck]

Didn't mean to sound like I was contradicting you, but my amazon leaves are thin as they are just starting to grow back from shocking them when I re planted them in the new substrate, even I pulled them up the roots were all the way across my tank so I'm sure they are going through another shock

 

[flchamp89]

Didn't mean to sound like I was contradicting you, but my amazon leaves are thin as they are just starting to grow back from shocking them when I re planted them in the new substrate, even I pulled them up the roots were all the way across my tank so I'm sure they are going through another shock

No issues. Lol. Unless leaves are severly covered I dont worry to much.

 

[Potluck]

Well they are lol, you saw the video yuck.

 

[flchamp89]

In my current 10g. You couldn't hardly see any green. It will get better.